Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 411: Ambush, Encounter, Passage of Time, Failed Plan

"It's a pity that the cooking methods of humans ruin the deliciousness of these deep-sea fish that have been growing on the seabed for decades and have dragon bloodline."

Alan looked at the fish in surprise.

This fish is not big, but it has grown for decades?

His mouth was not idle, "Then you eat shit."

octopus:.
Alan stood up from the deck holding Lokisi in his arms, and put her on the ground with his hands supporting her waist like planting onions, looking at the tall coral peaks on both sides of the ship.

The peaks are jagged but not sharp, and colorful granular corals extend clusters of tentacles toward the sky.

He squinted at the army formation in front of the ship. Above the army formation that was stacked like fish, there were densely packed gray and white six-legged sea beasts covering the top, very close to each other. The shadows of the shells connecting the sea beasts looked like stripes from a distance, covering an entire solid shell and sailing against the wind.

It forms a sharp contrast with the surrounding environment.

Looking further ahead, at the exit of the strait with low coral peaks, the dim light at the opening of the gorge is getting closer and closer.

"Octopus, don't be sarcastic to me. I have no interest in staying in your "Abyss Sea". There is no need to test me again and again.

It has been three days since we entered this strait. Let me ask you, how is the deployment of your so-called anti-Poseidon forces? What are your tactical plans? How far is Arkham? You have been hiding these questions for so many days. Have you figured out how to fool me?

I'm in a hurry, don't waste time."

The octopus paused and stopped chewing, but it was not angry at Alan, who was saying "Don't be sarcastic to me" but was being sarcastic himself.

"The strategy I designed is to use you and Cole as bait: your strength can completely crush their small batch of troops and attract their attention, and Cole herself is the biggest bait, and her strength is also very strong.

As for me, I will divide Layele's army into two groups. One group will be composed of two heavy "Iron Skeleton Head" troops, following you not far away, showing off our power and feinting at the same time."

It extended its tentacles and pointed at the "armored cavalry" with round heads leading the way in front of the ship. Its choice of words was very elegant, very much like the style of old-school human nobles on land, but it was hilarious when it named its brothers in the sea clan.

Maybe the octopus thinks that the Iron Skull is more courageous.

It waved its tentacles and pointed at the six-legged sea beasts covered in armor and the shuttle-shaped "light cavalry": "The Iron Skeletons are soldiers specially trained by our family. They are the elite of the Layele elite. Once their formation is deployed, you will be greeted by the main force of Arkham."

The octopus's eyeballs rolled around with a loud bang.

"I will take all the other soldiers who don't have alveoli and can live in the sea for a long time, dive into the seabed, make a big circle, and attack Arkham from the opposite direction. In this way, the rebels who are usurping the throne under the pretext of opposing Poseidon will definitely not go with the army. We just need to kill them, regain control of Arkham, and order the troops besieging you to withdraw."

Alan raised his eyebrows, "What if they go with the army?"

Octopus raised his head, "I have already ordered the Iron Skeleton Head to flee if they see the situation is not favorable. This way, at least 30% of the troops can be retained, and the lives of the remaining 70% will not be in danger, because the banner of the anti-Poseidon rebels is to oppose the Poseidon Religion.

If they wanted to counterattack, they would not kill any captives except those who were against Poseidon.

In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, they had no choice but to incorporate my "Iron Skeleton Head" into their army and hurried back to Layele to defend it.

With this, we complete our control of Arkham."

Allen was speechless after hearing this plan. Not to mention that this plan was obviously the original plan of Cole to take Allen back to Arkham, the key point was.
Is it true that all tacticians have changed homes?
"Even if your tactic succeeds, you will lose more soldiers than the one against Poseidon? No problem?"

The octopus waved its tentacles.

"No problem. With you by my side, Cole will definitely not be captured. After you return to Arkham, have Cole ask Laplace for another 'Dead Ghost Sword'."

".Aren't you firmly against Laplace, the false sea god?"

Octopus looked at Cole and said, "That is something that needs long-term planning. There is no rush."

Cole:
Alan:.
Well, with such flexible moral standards, I have to say that this octopus is born to be a general.

Allen and Cole looked at each other. The latter kept laughing but didn't have a good position to speak.

Alan shook his head.

"That was the plan before, what about now?"

The octopus stared at Alan intently.

Alan looked back at it and just smiled, without answering.

The octopus used its extremely wide field of vision to vaguely glance at Lokisi, Melna and the other two, pulled the bone fragments out of its mouth with its tentacles, and said in a muffled voice.

"Now? Now I'll use you as my spearhead and fight back head-on. Aren't you very strong?"

Allen nodded.

Either change homes or go ALL IN.

A master of "Abyssal" tactics.

Cow.

He pinched his temple and said, "Let's talk about this sharp knife tactic in detail."

Octopus: "You charge, we cover."

Alan: "Don't fart, change another one."

Octopus: "You and Iron Skeleton will charge in turns, and the army will provide cover from the flanks and rear."

Alan: "Where's my companion?"

Octopus: "You and your companions will take turns charging with the "Iron Skeleton Head", and the army will provide cover on the flanks and rear."

Alan grabbed the octopus in his hand, and the latter looked at him fearlessly, but silently changed the pronoun to a respectful one.

"If you are in a hurry, this is the fastest way. Otherwise it will be a long positional battle, slowly grinding away."

"You know what I'm going to say."

"You don't trust me, so of course you should take your companions with you, isn't that right?"

Alan and the octopus looked at each other in silence.

Cole, who was standing by, felt that the atmosphere was not right and hurried to say something to mediate. However, because usually others had the chance to coax the queen and the queen had no chance to coax her subjects, he fell into an awkward silence.

The man, the mermaid and the octopus formed a triangle and fell into a stable silence.

Crash, crash.

The ghost ship was shaken by the sea fish in front, and the salty sea breeze blew between them.

The atmosphere became more depressing
Just then, a distant but clear noise came from the bow.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!

It is similar to the tip of a knife stabbing into the smooth surface of iron products, or like...
It was a rain of millions of arrows piercing the huge solid shield!
At the same time, a sharp hissing sound came from the sea fish in front.

Buzz! ! ! ! !
Cole's face suddenly changed, and he swung his tail and rushed to the edge of the deck.

Alan suddenly turned his head and looked in front of the ship.

The sea fish swam very quickly, and the rotten hull creaked as it was pulled.

In his sight, while Alan was communicating with the octopus, the front march of the sea fish tribe had already sailed out of the opening of the strait.

Clusters of shining silver light flew in the sight and on the backs of the sea creatures.

Like butterflies, flying, dancing, scattering
It stagnated in Alan's pupils.

He saw clearly. They were sharp bone spur spears, about three meters long, covered with dense bone spurs all over the body, and some mucus clinging to them, which was why they were still flashing even at high speed.

It was sharp, flashing with cold light, shooting down from the sky and piercing the military formation in front.

It was bounced back by the six-legged sea beast with thick shells above the army formation.

The ship, under the inertia of traveling at high speed, was still being pulled forward by them, and was about to rush into the "rainforest" of bone spur arrows.

Plop, in just one heartbeat, Alan's pupils returned to normal size from the size of a pinpoint!
The bullet time of the feeling flow disappeared in an instant.

Alan turned around and looked at the octopus in his hand!

The latter also let out a piercing scream! Human language and sea language came out of its mouth at the same time!

"Enemy attack! Maintain your formation and don't get stabbed by the 'flying spikes'!"

As soon as he finished speaking! Even though the army in front had slowed down, the speed was still too fast! The ship rushed out of the strait under inertia.

The light suddenly hit the eyes of Lokisi and Melna. They covered their ears and looked up at the oncoming sky with dull faces.

——A dense rain of bone-thorn arrows rose in the air, cutting through the sky.

Cover the sky.

It seemed to be of no concern to the army array covered with a thick shell 'shield'.

But the problem is that Allen and his crew's ship don't have a "shield".

brush!!!!!
The wind pressure came suddenly!

As an old adventurer, Loki reacted quickly and blurted out magic tricks, trying to create a piece of solid ice on the ship to block the rain of arrows.

But it was too late!

Just as the water element in the air began to rise, pieces of bone spurs shot down from the sky, turning the unformed magic into a hornet's nest!
"Alan!"

However, Luo Qixi turned around and knocked Alan to the ground immediately.

However, just as she turned her head, a bunch of bright sparks as big as a palm bloomed with a diameter of ten meters as the center line where Alan was.

A fleeting moment.

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
Continuous explosions sounded in the surroundings at a very close distance, and broken bones shattered around several people like a rain of raindrops.

Bone fragments fell all over Lokixi like snow. She looked at the explosions still continuing around her, and she and Alan didn't even turn their heads, but just used their left hand as a knife and placed it in front of themselves.

The knifemen's shadows were densely packed together, and among the chaotic bone fragments, the fighting spirit that was usually invisible was clearly visible.

This is a wonderful scene:
The cut marks like water waves surged violently in the white waves like smoke and snow in the air, causing ripples.

They swung in all directions with Alan's palm as the center.

Thus, in the dazzling sparks, those sharp bone-spur rain curtains with huge momentum of falling inertia were left outside the range of ten meters and fell as snow.

The snow falls so slowly that you can even pick it up with your hand.

completely harmless.

Luo Qixi turned her head and looked into the distance across the snow curtain.

Zheng! Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!
——The huge power of the bone spur was fully displayed on the hull more than ten meters away. When it fell on the deck, a hole as big as a human face was created. The bone spur would even expand when it hit something and get stuck around the hole, turning the entire hull into a hedgehog.

Extremely appalling.

Seeing this very contrasting scene, Luo Qixi couldn't help but doubt what she saw, and subconsciously scooped up a handful of "snow" from her shoulders and neck with her palm.

The next moment, he felt so stupid. He had seen Alan's ability in the Purgatory Volcano. How could he be so stupid?
However, at that time, my mind was full of Alan's life and safety, and the power of the "Secret Sword of the Dead Ghost" was too strong, so I didn't think about the specific level of his swordsmanship.

Now this extremely expressive scene completely recasts Loki's perception of Allen.

Sword God King level?
Should it be like this?
Or in other words, he has reached a higher level of strength.
Luo Qixi was stunned to realize that the worry she had subconsciously shouted out was completely unnecessary. She threw the bone chips in her hand to the ground and shook her adventurer's coat.

But, after brushing it off, it is still full.

There was no trace of 'falling snow' on Alan.

Cheng Xuan'er's bone fragments circled around his body, being spun around by the flow of secret power, but they did not touch Alan at all.

He should have been able to help Loki disperse these dry snowflakes, which were originally covered with mucus but whose moisture was evaporated by the sparks.

But he didn't.

Alan stared at the octopus, turned his head, and pinched its head so hard that it was deformed.

He glanced sideways through the snow curtain and the sky light that suddenly brightened up in his eyes because he had escaped the strait. He used his gaze to oppose the oncoming rain of arrows and looked in the direction where the rain of arrows came from.

In the pupils, in the distant distance, dense black lines formed a straight line in the salty and fishy "Abyssal Sea" breeze.

Just by visual inspection, Alan could clearly judge it with his precise calculation ability of the Water God Flow.

The specific circumstances of the so-called "enemy attack":

Sea fish tribe.

There were between three and four thousand of them, most of them flat, crab-like soldiers covered in shells.

They surrounded a "chariot" that looked like a porcupine but was a thousand times larger. It was a barrel-shaped sea fish that was completely white and had a diameter of about ten meters.

Pieces of bone spurs were slowly growing out of their bodies, facing the sky at a 45° angle, and the next round of projection was about to begin.

He actually smiled and turned to look at the octopus that was about to explode after being pinched by him.

"Octopus, is this the 'result' of your thinking for more than ten days?"

The octopus seemed to feel no pain at all.

"'Sting Car'! This is a type of soldier unique to Arkham!" Its eyeballs squeezed out through the gaps between Alan's fingers, pulling the flesh apart.

"This is the second tactic! Defeat them head-on! Lord Allen! Lead our charge!"

The octopus's eyes sparkled with excitement.

Of course, it knew that there was a high probability that Arkham's soldiers would set up an ambush outside the strait, and judging from the terrain, the strait was low-lying, and it was the best time to use the "thorn car" to launch a round of bone-thorn arrows from a distance.

So he ordered his soldiers to prepare for defense in advance.

Just to force Allen to make a choice?

Aren't you anxious to return to land?

Or, charge forward as a spearhead and crush the enemy's elite troops.

Or, just lead your companions, hide under our army formation, and fight the positional battle peacefully.

Choose!

If it's the former, you go charge on your own! Your companions should stay with us. When the time comes, when Alan returns, that will be the next round of 'hostage threat'.

If it's the latter.

Your time is valuable, our time
But there is plenty!
(End of this chapter)